Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L23 1TP
How much crime is recorded in L23 1TP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hightown & Thornton
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,644 (2024)
L23 1TPLiverpool
How safe is L23 1TP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L23 1TP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L23 1TPNational
Shoplifting32.08.4
Violence and sexual offences13.023.6
Public order5.24.6
Other theft4.44.5
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Burglary3.19.1
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.52.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.